This website is http://www.languageguide.org where you can present the students new vocabulary items. Not only English could be learn here but also other languages such as Japanese, German, Spanish, and Chinese.
The vocabulary is allocated in categories for example, body, food, and animals. It is very easy to access the website. First, choose your mother language. Next, suppose that we want to learn vegetable vocabulary, then click on vegetable. The next page will be shown;
The audio will pronounce the words when you place on the picture. Therefore, you can listen and see the spelling at the same time.
Finish the word study, then you can test yourself by selecting the quiz types at the left corner;
You can either choose the options or the difficulty levels.
Suggested activities to do with this technology
1. Vocabulary competition (remember as much as possible)
2. Pronunciation drill
3. Writing sentences with the new vocabulary
The advantages
The students can learn from visuals as well as the spelling at the same time. Furthermore, the American pronunciation is being pronounced, therefore; it is useful for non-native speaker teachers to have a tool on the internet (so we do need other audio!). Lastly, the students can use this site at home as much as they want. Otherwise, we can assign the students homework in order to revise their vocabulary or study before hand.
Disadvantages and some limitations
However, according to the sensitive audio player, you might find it is too quick to pronounce words. Therefore, you need to be slow to place the arrow down on the picture.
Overall, it is a good site to build up vocabulary with the correct pronunciation.
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